>>>Eliminator 20" Muscle: Final finished picture here, p. 62

[Xcruiser]

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Your not going to make it easy on the rest of us are you man?
This is looking flat awesome man,keep up the super work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jake Sensi]

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Great work! I see ya still going strong! Peace

 

[yoothgeye]

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Thank you for using brake cleaner instead of gasoline, for your health, gas is bad as it absorbs in the skin and hangs out in your body for a long time... in places you wouldn't want it. :shock:

The only thing I see wrong so far is that you talk about the kid that owned this bike as being a boy, but surely, it was a girl.

 

[jaysmo]

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man this is looking real nice i like the fender looks real good.. question .. do you mind posting a pick of the head tube bolt does yours have a regular hex head on it?? im just wondering mine does but it looks funny that way...

 

[Circa Cycles]

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:lol: :lol: :lol: That's hilarious :!: Sounds like it was fun.That's how it goes with 7 year olds sometimes.

 

[Houndog]

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That thar is some dandy paint pardner!!!!

 

[yoothgeye]

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You are building a bike I wanna ride, and that's the kind of bike I vote for.

 

[Jake Sensi]

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You are building a bike I wanna ride, and that's the kind of bike I vote for.

Hey! What he said! At the Phillies game right now! peace

 

[MattBiker]

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WOW! I am drooling over that paint job! I love gassers! Can't wait to see if you incorporate some tinted plexi!

 

[yoothgeye]

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Tell me, on your masking and painting, at what point are you removing your masking tape, wet, tacky, dry to touch, cured? I do it differently it seems like each time and thought I normally have success, I've had some screw ups and believe it's due to inconsistency.

 

[Houndog]

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I think some really small checkerboard on the fenders right down the middle would be sweet...

 

[kingfish254]

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Even if you don't keep teh checkerboard, post the after photos for us to see.

 

[jaysmo]

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man this is looking real nice i like the fender looks real good.. question .. do you mind posting a pick of the head tube bolt does yours have a regular hex head on it?? im just wondering mine does but it looks funny that way...

Is this the bolt of which you speak--meaning the bolt at the lower left in the picture?

That is the acorn nut on that side though. But the bolt head on the other side is indeed a hex head. Now that you mention it, the hex head does look funny. If I can get some threaded rod of the right size and another acorn nut, I could eliminate the hex head. Or do you mean a different bolt?

yupp that sure is it... and i was thinking the same thing a piece threaded rod to fix it i thought mine was rebuild at some time or something..
Thanks for the info!!!

 

[raggedjim]

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Not trying to be smart but if you decide to use threaded rod get hardened rod (Fastenal has it as well as others). Regular all-thread is too soft.

Good luck, Rg

 

[jaysmo]

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Not trying to be smart but if you decide to use threaded rod get hardened rod (Fastenal has it as well as others). Regular all-thread is too soft.

Good luck, Rg

Good idea. Thanks.

+1 Thanks for the tip

 

[kingfish254]

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If you don't use it, hang it in your shop as art!
Beauty, eh?

 

[N8NBOX]

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Yeah I think it looks great but a red pinstripe might tie it all together a bit better and change your mind

 

[yoothgeye]

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I hate to be this guy because that fender is indeed a work of art (and I should know, my last name *is* Fender), but I think the checkerboards should be saved for highlights, I'm afraid with that much checkerboard it might start to look like a taxi bike.

I'm just throwing it out there, I think it looks amazing, just giving a perspective. You could put it together and it could totally prove me wrong.

 

[yoothgeye]

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It is a beautiful piece though.

 

[MplsCoaster]

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Outstanding! I knew your paint job was going to blow me away